Cannon v. GENEVA WHEEL & STAMPING CORPORATION

Quillian, Presiding Judge.

This is an appeal from a directed verdict on the fraud count in a two-count action for breach of contract of employment and fraud in the inducement.

Plaintiff-appellant Cannon is an experienced tire salesman. In early 1981 he began talking to defendant-appellant Geneva Wheel and Stamping Corporation’s sales manager about selling their product (trailer wheels with mounted tires) on a commission basis. Geneva was interested and proposed a contract. Cannon testified at trial that before a written contract was executed “they told me that I would be able to work there as…